Fluid-meter.



No. 881,586. PATENTED MAR. 10, 1908.

8 R. HOWE-GOULD.

FLUID METER.

APPLICATION FILED 8118.7, 1906.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT HOWE-GOULD, or srames, TRANSVAAL.

FLUID-METER.

To all whom it' may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT HOWE-GOULD,

a subject of the King of Great Britain, and

, resident of Springs, Transvaal, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fluid-Meters, of which the following is a specification.- r I This invention relates to fluid velocity meters or to apparatus intended formeasuring the velocity and thereby indicatin'g the vol-- ume or quantity of a fluid flowing through a pi e or conduit. This type of meter, as heretoibre constructed, has proved unreliable owing to the discrepancy or discrepancies arisin through frictional resistance to. motion 0 the parts, especially those parts intermediate of the part directly acted upon by the fluid, and the indicator.

Now the primary object of the present invention is to render such meters more reliable in operation by eliminating as far as possible the discrepancies arising from this cause.

Fluid meters at present'in'u'se have necessitated the taking of a reading over a certain and v6 are front and side elevations respec tively of the washer for securing the magnet on the vane spindle.

The meter is shown consisting of a casing 1 providing through it in cross section a rectangular conduit or passage 2 for the fluid.- The casing, as shown more particularly in Fig. 1, is constructed at the. ends with flanges 3 in which are provided bolt holes 4 for interposing the casing in a line of pipes.

In the conduit or passage 2 is arranged the vane or wing 5 which is so disposed therein that its plane is at right angles or approximately at right angles to theconduit or passage 2 or direction of flow of the fluid through the casing. The vane 5 is hung or freely suspended inside the casin 1 by means of a spindle 6. The top of t e vane 5 (see Fig. 3) is through'which extends a portion of the spin- Speciflcation of Letters Patent. Application filed August 7, 1906. Serial 110.329,!560.

constructed with a horizontal hole 7 lPatented March 10, ms.

dle 6. -Tl1e spindle (see Fig. 4) isformed;

with. two flats 8, and throu h. coincident holes 9 formed in the top of .t e'vane 5 are passed cotter fpins 10, on the screwed smaller extremities 0 which are placed nuts 11 for tightening and securing the pins 10 to fix the vane 5 to the spindle 6. Any other suitable device or-ineans may be employed for fixing. the vane 5 to the spindle 6.

The vane 5vis shown constructed with a projection 12 (see Fig. 3) so as to weight its ottom edge. The ends of the spindle 6 are pointed so as to eliminate frictional resistance to the movement of the spindle in its bearings. One extremity of-the spindle 6 runs in a bearing provided in the inner end of an adjusting screw13 which is screwed through the casing from the exterior. This screw 13 is provided with a lock-nut 14.- 15 is aprotective cover fixed-to the casing by means of screws 16, inclosing the outer end of the screw 13 and nut 14. The casing .1 is shown constructed with a lateral chamber 17 into which projects the other end of the spindle 6. The branch of the casing forming the lateral chamber 17 is formed with an external screw-thread and over it screwed a cover or diaphragm 18 shown fashioned externally into a hexagonal nut. The cover or diaphragm 18 is shown constructed with a bossor en same time affords a bearing for. the .end of the internal spindle 6. On that end of the spindle .6 which is located in the lateral chamber 17 is fixed a magnet 20. As shown in Fig. 4

argement 19 at the center, -Wl'1l0l'1 strengthens the diaphragm and at the the spindle 6 is formed with a threaded portion 21 and with a hole 22'. The magnet 20 passes through the hole 22 and is secured therein by means of a washer 23 (see Figs. 5

and 6) which is formed with a curved groove 23 fitting the curved portion or bend of the magnet 20. 24 is a nut (see Fig. 2) on the threaded portion 21, which is screwed into engagement with the washer 23 thereby securin the magnet 20 in the hole 22 in the spind e 6.

vane 5 resulting from increase or decrease in the velocity of the uid flowing through the casing 1 are direc ly transmitted to said magnet 20 through thespindle 6.

The cover or diaphragm 18, which is made of non-magnetic material, forms a thin drone wall against which the ends of the magnet 20 I By fixing the magnet 20 tothe spindle 6 any oscillatory movements of the oscillate on the inside of the lateral chamber .17 The boss or enlarged center ortion 19 ofthe cover or diaphra m 18 prov-i es a bearmg on the outside of t e chamber'17, which bearing with a further bearing 25 fixed to a frame or bracket 26 carries another spindle 27, which is alined with the internal spindle 6. The bracket 26 is shown secured to the casing 1 by means of the set pins 28; it may, if preferred, be formed integral with the casing. The u per end of the bracket 26 1s shown provi ed with a tapped hole in which is screwed an adjustable screw 29 which forms the bearing for one end of the external spindle 27, the otherend of the s indle running in a niche in the boss 19. T e external spindle 27 as shown, has fixed to' it. either another magnet 30 whose poles are oppositely disposed to those of the internal magnet 20, or a piece of soft iron? The external spindle 27 1s constructed with a threaded portion and with a hole in which the magnet 30 is secured by means of the nut 31 and washer 32, similar to the internal magnet 20,

33 represents an index finger or pointer which is fixed to the external spindle. 27 by clam 'ing it betweenthe'nut 31 and Washer 32. a t is apparent that the soft piece of iron could be fixed to the internal spindle 6 if the magnet be fixed to the external spindle 27.

To the nut or diaphragm 18 is fixed by means of screws 34 a dialf35 suitably graduated to indicate the quantity of fluid passing through the meter in gallons', liters or cubic feet per minute, hour or other predetermined period of time.

The casing 1 is constructed with an openin normally closed by means of a cover 36 he d down vide for rea'y access-to the interior of the casing.

The amplitude'of the vane 5 or the extent of its deflection from the vertical, varyin with the velocity of the fluid, is transmitted through the magnets 20, 30, to the external. spindle 27 and index finger 33 in a manner that will be Well understood.

What I claim as my invention and desire to protect by Letters Patent is 1. In a fluid-velocity meter, a casing having a passage therethrough and a lateral chamber opening through said passage, a freely movable spindle crosswise of the passage, a part directly acted -upon by the flllld and engaging the spindle and a magnet located within the lateral chamber and adjustably connected with said spindle, in

means of set pins 37, topro combination with indicator means located externallyof the casing and comprising a spindle alined with that first mentioned and a piece of magnetic material influenced by the aforesaid magnet and adjustably connected with the second-mentioned spindle, and an indicator dial adjustably connected with said casin and constituting part of the indicator mez ins.

2; In a fluid velocity meter, in combination, a casing forming a conduit for the fluid and constructed to. form a lateral chamber, a va-ne said casing with itsplane at right angles to the direction of flow of the fluid through the conduit, a spindle supporting the vane and fixed thereto the spindle projecting into the lateral chamber,

adjustable bearings for said spindle, a magnet fixed to the spindle inside the lateral chamber, a cover for said Lateral chamber forming a drone wall, an external spindle, adjustable -bearin s therefor, an external magnet fixed external spindle the poles of the to sai magnets being oppositely disposed, and an index fin er or pointer carried by the ex-,

chamber, a cover orvsaid lateral chamber forminga non-magnetic wall, adjustable bearings for said external spindle, an external magnet fixed to said external spindlefi the poles of the magnets being oppositely disposed, an index finger or ointer'carried by the external spindle to w 'ch the movements of the vane are transmitted through the magnets, and a graduated dial for inflowing through the conduit.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set 'dicating the volumeor quantity offluid my hand in thepresence of two subscribing 1 witnesses.-

ROBERT HOWE-GOULD. Witnesses:

' CHAS. OVENDALE,

R. OVENDALEQ 

